Voter registration activity at Texas high schools spiked ahead of the 2018 general elections, when young and Hispanic voters turned out in record numbers for a midterm.
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Bernie Sanders stokes question for Texas Democrats: How would his nomination affect their down-ballot plans?
Sanders supporters say he’ll bring new voters to the polls to help Democrats flip Texas, but some establishment figures are in panic mode.
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Analysis: Why would a Texas Democrat want a seat in the Republican state Senate?
On paper, Texas senators have it better than their counterparts in the Texas House, but why would a Democrat want to work in a place where Republicans are fully and completely in control?
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Democrat Mike Siegel’s close loss in 2018 won him tougher primary competition this year for a nationally targeted congressional seat
The Austin lawyer said the party left the 10th District for dead until he came within 5 points of winning in 2018. Now, Siegel is up against two new challengers who say he can’t finish the job.
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Democrats think campaigning on health care will flip an Austin-area U.S. House seat. But will the nominee also need star power?
In a district with no clear frontrunner for the Democratic nomination, the party is looking to re-create MJ Hegar’s momentum — and hopes focusing on issues will flip the seat.
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In Democrats’ low-information judicial primaries, gender and ballot names may drive voters’ decisions
Fourteen Democrats are competing for seven seats on the Texas Supreme Court and Court of Criminal Appeals. How do you win when no one knows your name?
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Republican congressional candidate Jamie Berryhill compares borderless nation to a woman “raped and defiled”
The Facebook post has since been deleted. Berryhill told a local TV station he wouldn’t make similar comments again.
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During debate, Texas Democratic U.S. Senate candidates differ on best way to oust Republican John Cornyn
Eleven of the 12 people seeking the Democratic nomination for the 2020 U.S. Senate race in Texas faced off in a debate Tuesday. It’s been decades since someone from the party represented the state in the upper chamber.
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Watch the U.S. Senate Democratic primary debate
Eleven of the Democratic candidates running to challenge Republican U.S. Sen. John Cornyn will debate onstage starting at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday.
